Need help with my new drive - Blu-ray Forum

MIBLU · 08-25-2008, 03:30 PM

I bought a Liteon Model DH-4O1S-11 Blu Ray ROM drive and I'm having some trouble getting it to recognize a Blu Ray disc. My question is, I know I need to purchase either PowerDVD or WinDVD to play the disc but can Windows XP read the file format of the disc? Right now when I insert a blu ray disk and double click on the drive, I get an error that says either the disc is corrupt or Windows doesn't recognize the file format. Is this normal?

dadkins · 08-25-2008, 03:46 PM

Older discs *may* display some information, but cannot be read.
Didn't the drive come with playback software?

I recommend ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre if you plan on buying:
http://www.arcsoft.com/products/totalmediatheatre/

MIBLU · 08-25-2008, 03:59 PM

No, I bought it from NewEgg and, although they show you a PowerDVD disc it doesn't come with it.

When you say older discs do you mean older disc drives or media? I bought a copy of Gone in 60 Seconds from a seller on e-bay. The disc was new in the wrapper.

dadkins · 08-25-2008, 11:30 PM

Older Blu-ray Discs.
They may or may not display some sort of information in "My Computer".

Best to get a player software of some sort and have a go at it -

http://www.arcsoft.com/products/totalmediatheatre/

See what the trial does.
I *think* it will play BDs during the trial.

MIBLU · 08-26-2008, 10:51 AM

I'm having a friend try the disc in her PS3 to make sure the disc isn't the problem. I'm concerned that it's not a disc issue. I loaded the trial version of PowerDVD and I get "No disc in drive" when I choose the blu ray drive. I spent some quality time in a chat sesssion with Liteon yesterday and they didn't have an answer.

I also tried the drive in another computer with the same result. I should be able to put a blu ray disc in the drive and the icon for the drive should change in My Computer, right?

MIBLU · 08-26-2008, 04:14 PM

UPDATE: I took the drive with me to work and plugged it into another box running XP and I had the same issues. I plugged it into a Vista box and no problems!

Anyone know anything about Windows XP and blu ray?

dadkins · 08-26-2008, 04:50 PM

Not with add-on drives, but my AR190G is running XP MCE 2005.
Not sure if the MCE has anything to do with it or not.
Do you have all the updates for XP? SP2? SP3?

Maybe something here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321640

MIBLU · 08-26-2008, 04:53 PM

Yeah, I'm running XP Pro Sp3 and I'm fully patched.

McBain · 08-26-2008, 05:08 PM

XP does not recognize the UDF 2.5 file system (used by BD-ROM movie discs). Vista does natively but you need a third party driver for XP.

MIBLU · 08-26-2008, 08:48 PM

Got it! McBain is correct. I did this.....

http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=15597

The Toshiba UDF 2.5 driver worked. Now if I can find a Codec that works.....

prerich · 08-26-2008, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIBLU

I bought a Liteon Model DH-4O1S-11 Blu Ray ROM drive and I'm having some trouble getting it to recognize a Blu Ray disc. My question is, I know I need to purchase either PowerDVD or WinDVD to play the disc but can Windows XP read the file format of the disc? Right now when I insert a blu ray disk and double click on the drive, I get an error that says either the disc is corrupt or Windows doesn't recognize the file format. Is this normal?

This is normal - a double click will attempt to open the disc for reading, a right click and the click explore will allow you to look at the contents of the disc but if you click on any of them you will get the same message. Go ahead and get WINDVD 9 or TMT.

I own the same drive.

prerich · 08-26-2008, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIBLU

Got it! McBain is correct. I did this.....

http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=15597

The Toshiba UDF 2.5 driver worked. Now if I can find a Codec that works.....

That toshiba driver is made for the X-box 360 HD-DVD Drive. I had one of those attached to my PC before. What are the specs for your PC. I'm A+ Certified.

prerich · 08-26-2008, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIBLU

I'm having a friend try the disc in her PS3 to make sure the disc isn't the problem. I'm concerned that it's not a disc issue. I loaded the trial version of PowerDVD and I get "No disc in drive" when I choose the blu ray drive. I spent some quality time in a chat sesssion with Liteon yesterday and they didn't have an answer.

I also tried the drive in another computer with the same result. I should be able to put a blu ray disc in the drive and the icon for the drive should change in My Computer, right?

The trial version of PDVD has BD disabled (I wonder why

) Try the trial version of TotalMedia Theatre - BD playback is enabled.

prerich · 08-26-2008, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIBLU

Got it! McBain is correct. I did this.....

http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=15597

The Toshiba UDF 2.5 driver worked. Now if I can find a Codec that works.....

What are you trying to do - rip BD's? If not just call Newegg and tell them that you did not receive the OEM version of PDVD BD with your drive (if it was included - it usually is). They will be glad to send you one.

prerich · 08-26-2008, 09:15 PM

P.S. I have experience with BD playback on Vista and XP.

MIBLU · 08-26-2008, 10:54 PM

Ok, no the drive from NewEgg didn't come with software. It's listed as an OEM drive so no software is included.

Here's where it's at. After doing the Toshiba driver the file system on the disc shows up. I think the only thing I'm missing is the codec. Using a trial of Total Media Theater I can get sound but no video.

Does anyone know if I buy the full version of PowerDVD or WinDvd or TMT or whatever will it solve the video issue?

prerich · 08-27-2008, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIBLU

Ok, no the drive from NewEgg didn't come with software. It's listed as an OEM drive so no software is included.

Here's where it's at. After doing the Toshiba driver the file system on the disc shows up. I think the only thing I'm missing is the codec. Using a trial of Total Media Theater I can get sound but no video.

Does anyone know if I buy the full version of PowerDVD or WinDvd or TMT or whatever will it solve the video issue?

Sounds like a HDCP issue to me...What type of video card do you have and what type of monitor do you have?

MIBLU · 08-27-2008, 10:56 AM

Right now it's a basic ATI Radeon X1050. I've purchased an HIS 3850. I'm using an LCD monitor but it will be hooked to my 42" Toshiba 1080p TV.

prerich · 08-27-2008, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIBLU

Right now it's a basic ATI Radeon X1050. I've purchased an HIS 3850. I'm using an LCD monitor but it will be hooked to my 42" Toshiba 1080p TV.

Your video problem with TMT should leave once you install your 3850. The x1050 isn't hdcp compatible. Make sure when you connect - that your LCD is capable of 1920x1080 resolution - if its not - back your resolution down to 1280x720. Your Tv shouldn't be a problem at all. (If you like ATI you should have gotten the 4850

- much better performer). What's the speed of your processor?
And are you still running an AGP based motherboard? Finally, have you run the Cyberlink and Windvd advisory programs to see if you system meets minimum specs for Blu-ray playback? (Your video card has kinda tipped me off to some other possible problems - once again, you computer specs - I can help you much better if I have these

)

MIBLU · 08-27-2008, 12:39 PM

2 physical 1.8Ghz AMD Opterons.

08-25-2008, 03:30 PM	#1
MIBLU Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	Need help with my new drive I bought a Liteon Model DH-4O1S-11 Blu Ray ROM drive and I'm having some trouble getting it to recognize a Blu Ray disc. My question is, I know I need to purchase either PowerDVD or WinDVD to play the disc but can Windows XP read the file format of the disc? Right now when I insert a blu ray disk and double click on the drive, I get an error that says either the disc is corrupt or Windows doesn't recognize the file format. Is this normal?

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08-25-2008, 03:46 PM	#2
dadkins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Hercules, CA Blu-ray collection:35 Blu-ray reviews:2	Older discs may display some information, but cannot be read. Didn't the drive come with playback software? I recommend ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre if you plan on buying: http://www.arcsoft.com/products/totalmediatheatre/

08-25-2008, 03:59 PM	#3
MIBLU Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	No, I bought it from NewEgg and, although they show you a PowerDVD disc it doesn't come with it. When you say older discs do you mean older disc drives or media? I bought a copy of Gone in 60 Seconds from a seller on e-bay. The disc was new in the wrapper.

08-25-2008, 11:30 PM	#4
dadkins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Hercules, CA Blu-ray collection:35 Blu-ray reviews:2	Older Blu-ray Discs. They may or may not display some sort of information in "My Computer". Best to get a player software of some sort and have a go at it - http://www.arcsoft.com/products/totalmediatheatre/ See what the trial does. I think it will play BDs during the trial.

08-26-2008, 10:51 AM	#5
MIBLU Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	I'm having a friend try the disc in her PS3 to make sure the disc isn't the problem. I'm concerned that it's not a disc issue. I loaded the trial version of PowerDVD and I get "No disc in drive" when I choose the blu ray drive. I spent some quality time in a chat sesssion with Liteon yesterday and they didn't have an answer. I also tried the drive in another computer with the same result. I should be able to put a blu ray disc in the drive and the icon for the drive should change in My Computer, right?

08-26-2008, 04:14 PM	#6
MIBLU Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	UPDATE: I took the drive with me to work and plugged it into another box running XP and I had the same issues. I plugged it into a Vista box and no problems! Anyone know anything about Windows XP and blu ray?

08-26-2008, 04:50 PM	#7
dadkins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Hercules, CA Blu-ray collection:35 Blu-ray reviews:2	Not with add-on drives, but my AR190G is running XP MCE 2005. Not sure if the MCE has anything to do with it or not. Do you have all the updates for XP? SP2? SP3? Maybe something here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321640

08-26-2008, 04:53 PM	#8
MIBLU Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	Yeah, I'm running XP Pro Sp3 and I'm fully patched.

08-26-2008, 05:08 PM	#9
McBain Senior Member Member since:Oct 2006	XP does not recognize the UDF 2.5 file system (used by BD-ROM movie discs). Vista does natively but you need a third party driver for XP.

08-26-2008, 08:48 PM	#10
MIBLU Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	Got it! McBain is correct. I did this..... http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=15597 The Toshiba UDF 2.5 driver worked. Now if I can find a Codec that works.....

08-26-2008, 09:15 PM	#15
prerich Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Home Theater Gallery:46 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	P.S. I have experience with BD playback on Vista and XP.

08-26-2008, 10:54 PM	#16
MIBLU Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	Ok, no the drive from NewEgg didn't come with software. It's listed as an OEM drive so no software is included. Here's where it's at. After doing the Toshiba driver the file system on the disc shows up. I think the only thing I'm missing is the codec. Using a trial of Total Media Theater I can get sound but no video. Does anyone know if I buy the full version of PowerDVD or WinDvd or TMT or whatever will it solve the video issue?

08-27-2008, 10:56 AM	#18
MIBLU Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	Right now it's a basic ATI Radeon X1050. I've purchased an HIS 3850. I'm using an LCD monitor but it will be hooked to my 42" Toshiba 1080p TV.

08-27-2008, 12:39 PM	#20
MIBLU Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	2 physical 1.8Ghz AMD Opterons.

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